Jeonju City to Collaborate with ETRI and Camtic Institute of Technology on Digital New Deal
Agreement Signed to Support Regional-Led Innovative Growth
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jaehee] Jeonju City, Jeollabuk-do, has joined hands with the largest domestic ICT (Information and Communication Technology) research institutions and regional industry innovation growth hubs to lead the Digital New Deal.
On the 18th, according to the city, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (President Kim Myungjun, hereafter ETRI) and CAMTIC Comprehensive Technology Institute (President Noh Sangheup) signed a business agreement in the mayor’s office to support Jeonju-type regional-led innovation growth.
This business agreement aims to discover new regional industries suitable for the 4th Industrial Revolution era and enhance technological competitiveness to realize the Jeonju-type Digital New Deal policy.
The city, ETRI, and CAMTIC Comprehensive Technology Institute will set up a joint research lab at the Jeonju Advanced Venture Complex Knowledge Industry Center, opening next month, and conduct research in ICT fields such as drones, smart factories (intelligent production plants), community care, and artificial intelligence.
Through this agreement, the three institutions will jointly develop core drone technologies and actively cooperate in conducting drone business and establishing personal air vehicle (PAV) control systems. They will also focus on discovering and planning personalized welfare services using ICT and big data.
The city expects that by transferring excellent technologies possessed by ETRI to local industries, the competitiveness of regional companies will be strengthened. Furthermore, through mutual cooperation with the two institutions, securing large-scale national research and development (R&D) projects will serve as a catalyst for revitalizing the regional economy.
A Jeonju city official stated, “Jeonju’s future food industries, represented by hydrogen, carbon, drones, and finance, will become the hope of the regional economy,” adding, “We will cooperate with research institutions to prepare long-term growth engines such as new industries and new technologies tailored to regional characteristics in the post-COVID-19 era.”
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Meanwhile, the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), established in 1976, is a government-funded institution researching core technologies of the 4th Industrial Revolution in fields such as information, communication, and electronics, based on about 2,000 researchers. The Honam region research center joint laboratory is scheduled to relocate to the Jeonju Advanced Venture Complex.
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